Senior Data Analyst
Location: US, VA, Arlington
Salary range: 120000-125000
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Function: Information Technology

Company profile:
Places Senior Technology and Data professionals nationwide with a focus on Software Engineering, Big Data, Analytics, Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing, Cloud Computing, DevOps, and Security.Preferred Member of the Top Echelon Network, a professional group of over 600 partner firms, providing access to thousands of positions and candidates nationwide.Subscribe and View OpportunitiesAnalytic Search Group, LLC174 Nassau Street, #301Princeton, NJ 08542(609) 895-9888

Job description:
Global Publicly Held Financial Services Firm based in Arlington VA  sees a full time direct hire Senior Data Analyst.   This individual will participate in the development of the architecture, design, software development and implementation of data warehouse initiatives for the company. This position is expected to contribute technical best practices &amp; functional knowledge to teams by leading design specifications, development, and integration efforts as well as to perform unit and system integration testing to ensure a high degree of software quality.  Also requires working with other ETL Developers, designing BI and reporting solutions which support the requirements of the business, the ability to prepare detailed IT estimates and technical design plans.  This individual must use their knowledge and experience to create effective business intelligence solutions and leverage the company's technology investments. This position will require working collaboratively with the EDW Manager to execute Data Warehouse Strategy and increased usage of Data Warehouse  as a primary delivery vehicle for analytic information.Responsibilities:Responsible for the design and development of dimensional database models to support multidimensional cubes.         Responsible for helping to define and utilize industry wide standards and best practices in the design and development of the enterprise data warehouse.         Assist in the transformation of data from source systems to target systems utilizing ETL techniques .        Create source to target data mappings, including identification and documentation of data transformation algorithms as necessary .Responsible for developing reporting solutions based on OLTP or OLAP systems         Perform production support activities to troubleshoot user and issues to respond to data inquiries.Perform change and configuration management techniques to ensure software quality by effectively tracking changes in a team setting.         Conduct thorough unit testing of development code.        Work with end users to gain an understanding of the information and core data concepts behind their Business.         Provide design oversight on key report data structures to ensure consistent representation of data across the enterprise        Evaluate and understand how data is used across the enterprise.         Define Data and System Requirements based on Business Process and/or Business Requirements Analysis.         Assist in the oversight of 3 - 6 outside contractors.Lead team members to define requirements and develop BI Solutions to meet business needsCoordination with multiple teams of internal customers, at any level of the organization

Requirements:
Requirements:BS in Computer Science or similar discipline, requiredMinimum of 5 years of relevant Data Modelling experience, required. Business requirements and analysisProficient in SQLDatabase design – relational and dimensional modelling techniquesDatabase developmentData warehousingExcellent problem-solving skillsExcellent communicatorChange and Configuration Management ToolsSQL Server 2008 or above or similar RDBMSSSIS or other ETL ToolsPreferred Skills/Experience:SSRS or other Reporting ToolsSSAS or other OLAP ToolsExperience with web services/SOAMaster Data Management (MDM)SalesforceSharepointMDXXML

Benefits:
Excellent Bonus and Benefits package